Happy Birthday Carly!

Carly is 4 years old! She had a family party and a kids' party the next day. It is hard to believe she is a true little girl now!






Presents!!!!
Carly chose Spaghetti for her birthday dinner. Uncle Jeff could not resist playing with the food!



The princess accessories, compliments of Aunt Jen, Mack and Abe, were a big hit!




Kids' splash party

Happy Birthday Carly! We love you very much!

Ballerina Carolyn

Carly took a one week ballet class last week. It was so fun watching her and her classmates dance! She enjoyed it. Lizzy picked up some moves too. She is always wanting to follow in her big sister's footsteps. Here are a few pics of Ballet Week!

4th of July in Pennsylvania

We travelled to PA for the fourth of July and attended a family picnic. All of Tara's grandpa's siblings were there. It was fun seeing a lot of relatives we haven't seen for a long time! We also spent some time at the beach, and Lizzy got to meet her great grandma for the first time in person. Here are some photos from our trip...


Back: Grandpa(Jerry),
Dave,Jack,Joe

Front:Eleanor,
Rita, Dorie




Fun at the beach!

Summer is going Swimmingly

Carly started her second round of swimming lessons this week. She is practicing kicking, stroking with her arms, jumping into the water and the all important holding her breath!

May photos

No major events since the last post. We have been very busy in our yard with landscaping, gardening and general maintenance. The girls are enjoying getting outside more and love to play on their swingset and trampoline. Carly is starting swim lessons this week.

Here are some recent photos of the girls. Enjoy!

Lizzy displays our new tree: "It's a Globe Willow" she says, "and can grow to 35 feet tall!" Lizzy, however, will most likely be more in the 5 1/2 to 6 foot range.




Quality swingset time










Carly gets some early practice in for those Little League portraits!




See how much we love each other and how nice we are to each other all of the time?





Have you seen my Cheerio?

Last Day of School

Last Tuesday Carly had her last day of pre-school until next fall. She will be going at least two days a week next year. She really enjoyed going to school and learned a lot. She can write her name and a few other small words like Mom and Dad. She is reading beginner books and also reads words just about anywhere she sees them. For example, we will be driving in the car and all of a sudden a little voice in the back seat shouts out "That says Pizza Hut!". We are very proud of her.

And of course we can't forget Lizzy. She is ready to follow in her big sister's footsteps!

Cinco de Mustache

Brad was fully prepared for our friends' annual "Cinco de Mustache" party. Unfortunately we were uable to attend at the last minute due to a sick little one. However, it was still fun to have a tough-guy around for the weekend!

How would you like to cross paths with this guy in a dark alley?